Talk: Great Rivers Biennial 2026 at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

The Great Rivers Biennial (GRB)—a collaborative initiative between CAM and the Gateway Foundation—recognizes and fosters artistic talent in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The artists selected receive $25,000 in unrestricted funding and are featured in the Great Rivers Biennial exhibition every two years at CAM. Since 2003, the GRB has recognized the standout creative voices of 36 local artists in our region.

For the 2026 Biennial, artists Vaughn Terrell Davis Jr. (Counterpublic 2026), Lauren dela Roche, and Vincent Stemmler (Counterpublic 2023) have developed ambitious exhibitions that span painting, sculpture, ceramics, and video, pushing into new scales, materials, and forms of installation with works that consider abstraction, figuration, and resilience.

Great Rivers Biennial 2026 is organized for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis by Dean Daderko, Ferring Foundation Chief Curator, and Misa Jeffereis, Associate Curator, with support from Grace Early, Exhibitions Assistant.

Registration will open soon.